Greetings and condolences

Friday 19th October 2007

Greetings and condolences

Belated Eid greetings to all. Though the holidays were over on
Wednesday, I had been busy with moving house (will finally have
broadband at the new home soon) and just catching up on things after
so many days off. Will hopefully be able to write more soon.

Secondly, I'd like to offer my condolences regarding another tragedy
that struck last night in the form of two bomb blasts in Karachi. Over
a hundred people perished and lots more were injured when the bombs went
off during a procession led by former prime minister, Benazir Bhutto who recently returned from exile.

We can start pointing fingers at the authorities for not taking enough
security measures. Or we can also blame Ms Bhutto for not taking the
threats seriously, but the sad fact is that all this is still happening
in the same country that I live in. For once I'd like to see the
perpetrators caught and something permanent done to reduce these
incidents over the long term.